Gas System Planning

To ensure safe and reliable natural gas service at just and reasonable rates in California, the Commission will:

(1) develop and adopt updated reliability standards that reflect the current and prospective operational challenges to gas system operators;

(2) determine the regulatory changes necessary to improve the coordination between gas utilities and gas-fired electric generators; and

(3) implement a long-term planning strategy to manage the state’s transition away from natural gas-fueled technologies to meet California’s decarbonization goals.

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Track 1A of this proceeding addresses reliability standards that reflect the current and prospective operational challenges that face gas system operators.

Track 1B addresses market structure and regulation.

Track 2 of this proceeding develops and implements a long-term planning strategy. It is divided into the three sub-tracks (Tracks 2a, 2b, and 2c)

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